Okay, so it's like this....
We have some friends that live on the other side of town, about 15 miles. When we do summer barbeques or other gatherings, it is usually at their house.
When we go to movies, we usually go to the casino movie house closest to them (8 miles for them, about 21 miles for us). Rarely, we go to a casino movie house that is more "in the middle", 14 miles for them, 16 miles for us.
This is all to say, that whenever we get together with these friends, more often than not, we are traveling to their end of town. This is a pattern, I realize, mostly of our own making, because we are usually pretty relaxed about it (and also because our house has been without real floors for several years).
So, last month, when we were visiting, it was posited that we should do a buffet for Thanksgiving, allowing someone else to do the cooking and dishes for once. Hubby and I were agreeable to the suggestion, and mentioned the casino that is "in the middle". It's a very nice casino, with a good reputation for decent food. They seemed agreeable to that suggestion. All was good...
Until a few days later. I get a text asking if we would go to the other (21 mile) casino because the one we'd suggested "wasn't doing a holiday buffet". Hubby and I thought that was quite odd, and after a little web search, we found that simply wasn't true. So, we sent a text back with a link to the web page showing the holiday buffet and pricing. A couple days later, we get a response saying that would be fine, and we set a time to meet there at 4:30 on Turkey Day.
2 weeks pass
Last night, we get a text asking again if we would consider going to the further casino, because the one we've chosen is $4 more per person, and they are tight on finances.
I just... don't know what to say.
I should probably add that they've been flaky before. One year, we loaded up my Thanksgiving dishes, were in the car, pulling out of the neighborhood, when they texted to cancel. We did not have any other invites, so we ended up going to a local resaurant/bar for dinner.
We have some friends that live on the other side of town, about 15 miles. When we do summer barbeques or other gatherings, it is usually at their house.
When we go to movies, we usually go to the casino movie house closest to them (8 miles for them, about 21 miles for us). Rarely, we go to a casino movie house that is more "in the middle", 14 miles for them, 16 miles for us.
This is all to say, that whenever we get together with these friends, more often than not, we are traveling to their end of town. This is a pattern, I realize, mostly of our own making, because we are usually pretty relaxed about it (and also because our house has been without real floors for several years).
So, last month, when we were visiting, it was posited that we should do a buffet for Thanksgiving, allowing someone else to do the cooking and dishes for once. Hubby and I were agreeable to the suggestion, and mentioned the casino that is "in the middle". It's a very nice casino, with a good reputation for decent food. They seemed agreeable to that suggestion. All was good...
Until a few days later. I get a text asking if we would go to the other (21 mile) casino because the one we'd suggested "wasn't doing a holiday buffet". Hubby and I thought that was quite odd, and after a little web search, we found that simply wasn't true. So, we sent a text back with a link to the web page showing the holiday buffet and pricing. A couple days later, we get a response saying that would be fine, and we set a time to meet there at 4:30 on Turkey Day.
2 weeks pass
Last night, we get a text asking again if we would consider going to the further casino, because the one we've chosen is $4 more per person, and they are tight on finances.
I just... don't know what to say.
I should probably add that they've been flaky before. One year, we loaded up my Thanksgiving dishes, were in the car, pulling out of the neighborhood, when they texted to cancel. We did not have any other invites, so we ended up going to a local resaurant/bar for dinner.
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